This LS 2014 Elections ... will you, the voter, make a promise ?

“The AAP will make no promises to you. Instead it will ask you to make a promise. This time you will not cast your vote on the basis of kinship. You will forget caste; you will drive away the distributors of alcohol and money. AAP has not come to ask you for your vote. If there is anything we ask of you, it is to have faith in yourselves; and to listen to the voice of your soul. This election is not about the victory or defeat of political parties; it is about victory or defeat within ourselves. In front of the voting machine, we must think of the future of our children, the future of our city and our dreams for the future of our country.” Short link http://bit.ly/meera4mumbai

Saturday, 26 April 2014

Aam Aadmi Party has complained to the Chief Election Commissioner about
the glaring deletions from the Maharashtra State electoral rolls. Lakhs
of citizens were shocked to find that despite having what they thought
was a valid voter id card their names did not figure in the electoral
rolls. Many new voters were deprived of their right to vote because
despite making an application in due time, their names were not included in the final rolls.

We say the Election Commission cannot get away by saying that onus is
on the citizen to verify his/her name on the electoral rolls. It is
natural for a citizen to assume that once enrolled they will not be
deleted unless they have requested a change of address, change of
citizenry or if they are deceased. The names were deleted either because
the election commission failed to verify their existence or due to
malicious intent – in either case it takes away the citizens fundamental
right to vote and makes a farce of democracy.

We demand that the
Election Commission should forthwith verify all the deleted names and
allow all valid voters to exercise their votes in a supplementary poll.
We will await the Election Commission’s response, failing which we will
move to the courts for justice.

We request all citizens who had
to face the outrage of being unable to vote to please send your details
and we will pursue each case for inclusion.

Monday, 21 April 2014

With
less than 4 days for the elections in Mumbai South, there may be an amazing level of
confusion in the minds of Mumbaikars as to whom to vote for. For
Mumbai South residents, I'll try and make it easy to decide:

Here
are 8 reasons you should vote for Meera Sanyal:

Highly
qualified

With
an MBA from INSEAD and an Advanced Management Program from Harvard
Business School, Meera is one of the few highly qualified people
standing for the elections. People would vote for someone because
they may
turn out to be
good economists. Well, we
don’t see anyone else knowing finance and management better than
someone who’s served as the CEO of an international bank!
Acting as the CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, she has proved her
intellect to the people, and has given up a high and respectable
position for one basic reason: welfare of the country! It’s
time we aid her in her efforts!

Fresh
outlook

Meera
brings with her a fresh new outlook; she brings with her a
no-nonsense policy; she brings with her a non-corrupt government; she
brings with her a radical
change.
This change is what we want; it’s what we need; and this change is
what we DESERVE! By pressing the jhaadu
button on election day, you are not voting for Meera, nor are you
voting for AAP. You are essentially voting, for
change.

Clean
image

Mumbai
is sick of corruption, which has penetrated deep into the system, and
needs someone with a clean image. Meera is one of the few politicians
whose image is a clean slate, with no marks of corruption.
Relinquishing the position of CEO is not an easy decision, and has
been done by Meera only for one motive: welfare of the people! Meera
has also served as President of LiberalsIndia, a non-profit that
works towards improving the state of Governance in India. We
don’t know how many current politicians possibly have even a
similar, if not better track record!

Clear
vision

Meera’s
vision is as clear as glass: to be able to provide a decent standard
of living. This means providing for things that are taken for
granted: better employment opportunities, affordable housing, basic
sanitation facilities, better roads, and overall, a better
infrastructure. The
reason why this has not been happening is because Mumbai does not
have space.
And the best way to get this space is to get the Mumbai Port Trust
back, which is Meera’s primary objective. The
Mumbai Port Trust is not just snatching away our land which can be
used to develop better infrastructure, but is also causing
environmental and health hazards to the city!
Giving this land back to the city is the best solution to its
problems. And that is precisely what Meera intends on doing!

(to
read more about the Mumbai Port-lands, and how they would aid in
development, visit: http://bit.ly/portgate)

Encouragement
to entrepreneurship

Meera
believes that the people of Mumbai are entrepreneurial. Mumbai
is the heart of commercial activity, and the young can make it into a
silicon valley of services, not just in IT but also in traditional
services like banking and finance, marketing, advertising and film
making.
Having a rich experience of the business world, Meera would be the
best choice to provide the much-needed support that the future
entrepreneurs of Mumbai need. She has direct experience of doing this
as she has:

Set
up and built a global BPO in India.

Created
more than 21,000 direct jobs in banking operations and technology
services.

Set
up the project finance team that financed core areas of India’s
infrastructure

Secular
and non-violent

The
Aam Aadmi Party is one political unit that has proved to be secular
and non-violent. You wouldn’t want to vote for a party that has a
previous track record of being violent or has been a perpetrator of
caste-ism, would you? AAP believes in equality of all sects, and is
unbiased towards any particular religion, thereby being the best
alternative for voters who want a truly secular nation.

It
makes your vote count!

The
government has come up with NOTA this year. It enables the common man
to choose specifically NOBODY from the candidates standing for the
elections. Though an exclusive right, this should be exercised only
in situations where there is no suitable candidate. With
candidates like Meera Sanyal standing for the elections, in Mumbai
south, a vote for NOTA is actually a vote wasted.
Mumbaikars need a fresh face with a clean image; they need someone
who brings about a change; they need someone with a clear vision.
Meera possesses all of the above; all
she needs is a chance.
A chance to prove herself, to Mumbai south, to Maharashtra, and to
the nation! Rather than wasting your vote on NOTA, press the jhaadu,
and
give her that chance. Make your vote count: You’ve always voted for
ministers; now it’s time to vote for the common man.

Finally,
she’s the best alternative

This
may sound very cliché, but Meera is by far the best alternative for
the people of Mumbai south. We’ll clear out why. Imagine yourself
as the Managing Director of an MNC having the task of appointing a
CEO. You have 4 candidates, of which one has worked in a company
known for corruption, 2 have a past history of violence, and one has
proved her intellect with her work. Whom would you choose? It’s
that easy!

People
say “look at the bigger picture”. We say “don’t do that”.
Look at who is the best for YOUR constituency. Think of what you
need, and understand who’s the best to provide what you need! Vote
for the common man; vote for development; vote for Meera.

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Meera Sanyal – AAP Candidate Mumbai South

A distinguished career in banking spanning over 30 years, Meera relinquished her position as CEO and Chairperson of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2013, to devote herself full-time to public service. During her time at the bank, Meera mentored the MicroFinance program, which financed over 650,000 women in rural India She also chaired the bank’s Foundation, providing livelihood assistance to 75,000 women-led households in threatened ecosystems.

The daughter of late Admiral Hiranandani, a highly decorated naval officer, Meera stood in 2009 as an independent candidate for the Lok Sabha elections in the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Meera and her husband Ashish, campaigned for and raised funds for the AAP in the 2013 Delhi elections. She was recently appointed to the party’s National Committee on Economic Policy.

Meera is a Board member of PRADAN, a member of the International Board of Right to Play, a global NGO that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity. Meera is also a Board member of Liberals India for Good Governance – the Indian Liberal Group, and serves on the Supervisory Board of Jaihind College. She is a member of various National Committees of both FICCI and CII. In 2011, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, invited her as the sole Indian representative on her International Council on Women’s Business Leadership.

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Arvind Kejriwal at CII

Why did Arvind Kejriwal resigned as the Delhi Chief Minister?

Well, here is the answer.

AAP got only 28 of 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly election. Still, the Lt Governor invited Arvind to form the government, as the Congress (with 8 seats) had offered unconditional support. Finding it hard to believe, Arvind sent a letter to the Congress President listing out the 18 points in the AAP manifesto, including passing of the Jan Lokpal bill. The Congress reverted saying it will support AAP unconditionally on all 18 points. With this commitment, Arvind formed the minority government in Delhi.

However, when AAP presented the Jan Lokpal bill in the Assembly, the Congress and the BJP came together to ensure the bill is not passed. The Aam Aadmi Party had won the vote and trust of citizens of Delhi on the plank of anti corruption. And since the minority government could not pass the Jan Lokpal bill that was promised to citizens of Delhi, Arvind resigned.

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